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OOLU M B X'JS:
Tntiday Morning, OctoDrr ?, 1H}(1.
LARGKNT CITY CIRGtIiATION.
The setting of the posts on the lelegrahp
line being erected, connecting this place with
Apalachicola, was completed yesterday, and
the putting up of the wire commenced at this
point. The whole line is expected to be rea
dy for the flash sf intelligence over its entire
length by the first of November.
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Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine.
The number for September is before us.
Its contents are : The Scot Abroad—'Themnn
of Democracy. Sketches on the Way to Stock
holm. The Atlrelings; or, the Three Gill*.
Sea side Studies. A Chapter on Peninsular
Dugs. Oldtower: a lirnokside Dialogue.
The Poetry of (’hristian Art. Macaulay.
We are requested by the editors to caution
the public against a man signing his name
“Broderick,” a deaf mute, pretending to he
agent of Leonard Scott & I'o. They have no
such agent.
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The Frost Accounta—Cotton Crop.
We have now lmd accounts from the entire
i .ttun region, and our worst apprehensions
have been realized. The frost of the Ist inst.
bus made a finish of what cotton had not been
killed by the hosts of the 23d and —4tli of
September. All that has escaped, is on the
pool high lands, and that will make no differ
euee, us it w ill yield nothing should it escape
till December, the drouth having already put
a slop to its growth and production. We set
down the loss by the frost at lot),000 hales—
by the drouth, storms, Ac., ui 200,000, making
<160,000. We set down the actual production,
of the last crop at J),000,000, (allowingthe ex
cess of that to the crop of the previous year
which could not be got to market). Allowing
then that, had no disaster befallen the present
crop, it would have been equal to the last, it
would only have, been 8,300,000 bales. Hueli
Vollld not have been the ( use, however, for
the vanson that had stands ware obtained, and
lie early growth thrown back fully three
weeks behind that of the last crop by the gen
eral unfavorahleness of the spring for these
reusons we set down the present cu op at 500,-
000 bales below last year—say 2,800,000. ft
cannot by possibility reach 2,900,000 bales.
Others, besides ourselves, have, it appears,
watne to the same conclusion, as evidenced in
the rapidly advancing tendency at all the Sea
Jiorts.
But in view of this great reduction, our
planters must not feed themselves with the
hope that the prices will run far into the tarns.
There is such a thing as u standard, beyond
which manufacturers cannot go. They will,
when satisfied of the diminished supply, slop
a portion of their spindles, and change the
texture of their fabrics fgpm coarse to line,
and in this way easily manage to keep, even
a 2,800,000 bale crop, from going, only spec
ulatively, beyond 18c They have long since
learned that beyond that figure, there is no
profit in it.
Abundance of Bread and Meat.
la taking a stroll through the State Ro.ni De
pot, yesterday, we were astonished at the vast
amount of grain and bacon piled inside the
building and ail over the platforms Sacks of
corn are there by the thousands, and hogs
heade of bacon by the hundreds. During a
residence of six or seven years in Atlanta, we
do not remember to have ever seen such im
mense quantities of bacon and corn in town
at this season of the year, as are uow to be
found.
in the way of meat, we can say for Colum
bus. the market is amply uupplied, sufficiently
so. wo should think, to keep the whole coun
try around well greased for the next four
months. In tho way of bread, we are not doing
so well, owing to the scarcity of water in tho
Chattahoochee.
Mr. Fillmore.
The Augusta Seutinel says that in a recent
private letter from Mr. Fillmore, received a
tew days ago, by a citizen of Georgia, he uses
the following language:
“Whatever may be my fate, personally, is
not worth a thought, if tho integrity of the
Constitution can be maiutaiued, and wo eau
transmit this glorious heritage unimpaired to
our posterity.”
Loss of Life in California.
tv is stated, on statistical information, that
for four years previous to 1852, mere were
600 murders in San Francisco, and for the
year ending in 1855, there were S(H) murders
in tho same city. Withiu the past six years,
there have been 5,000 murders in t'nlifornin.
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Land vs. Water Transportation.
The Memphis Bulletin publishes a statement
>f (he coat of 100 hales of cotton shipped
from that port to New York by sea, ns com
pared with a similar quantity shipped to fai
vo. aiultkonce by railroad to New York. The
difference in favor of the route vis New Or
leans was but $17,14 on the entire lot, and
this difference will belesseued in shipping via
Cincinnati when the Ohio is navigable.
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i he N. V. Tribune of Tuesday says:—Tele
graphic advices from Kansas via Chicago ap
prise us of the safe return of Gen. Lane to
•Wbvaska City. “Order reigns in Warsaw,”
and Slavery is supreme iu Kansas, with Gea
ry for its Grand Vixier, and Atchison, Tims \
to. tor his counsellors. We are not yel ad
vised that the Free State men are allowed to*
procure any food from the border The Pro-
Slavery men have free ingress by the Missou
ri, the Free State men noue, except by the de
vious, tedious route through Nebraska.
“Well, oven this is better than an uueoiidi
tioual surrender to Gen. Smith us advised by
ihe Tribune. If the “border” does not furn
ish food for traitors, it is to be hoped that the
supply of hemp will be abundant.
COU'MUIS, Oct. ts.
AtUtor a wa—l give you a “rendering” of the
French Epigram you published, on the dead
soldiers’ teeth, which, 1 believe, covers the
“ pointbut hope, some time, you may ob
tain a better one. DENTIST.
Xlmi KngUih, to turly, tud haughty oi State
Vied to show ui their teeth in cordial hate;
How changed ere the time* I—and yet, It ie well—
They may how them, (as samples,) to whom they now
sell.
Tho Affair of Honor in Charleston.
The Chariest on papers published the billow -
ing correspondence which look place between
the parties to this unfortunate affair :
The undersigned deem it their duty to lay
before the community, through the press of
the city, with a view to a just undemanding
of the Ihlc hostile difficulty bet weenJMe. Ivl
wurd Magrath and Mr. W illiam K. labor, Jr.,
the following correspondence and statement;
The annexed communication wns handed to
Mr. Talicr on .Saturday forenoon, the 27th
instant, Mv. James Connor, who hove it. not
having met him the day previous:
:;ii Biioao Htkket. Sept. 20. 1856.
To John Heart, Ksq. and W. Ji. Taber, Jr..
Esq., Editors Charles Mercury :
Gknti.kmkn : You have, after repeated
threatening!;, and with deliberation, publish
ed and circulated insulting and libellous at
tacks upon my brother, Judge Magratli. To
effect this, you have put aside the habitual
propriety of a Charleston newspaper; and,
disregarding the taste and sentiment of the
community, have emulated the corruption and
licentiousness of a venal press elsewhere.
You have done this without provocation or
the excuse of excitement, and in the face of
relations with Judge Magratli, proving upon
both of you personal estimates of him in pri
vate exactly the reverse of those you have
endorsed and published. Herein is flic proof
of your delinquency, either in your private
intercourse or iu your public conduct. You
have, it is true, attempted to interpose the
protection and veil of mi anonymous corres
pondent; this could not serve you ill any
event. In your seeming anxiety to secure it,
you have, by an apologctic paragraph in your
own names as Editors, endorsed the libel. 1
uni thus relieved of all question as to
whom I should address myself. You knew,
in attacking one exercising judicial functions,
that, as to him. you would be exempt from
the personal accountability I claim at your
hands. You will not doubt my right to do so.
How far your supposed security may have
sharpened the malice and stimulated the au
dacity of the attack, 1 will not now surmise,
because the intent of this communication is
to afford you* the opportunity of proving
whether you did or did not calculate upon
such immunity, and to demand the satisfac
tion recognised iu such cases.
1 invite you severally to a meeting, and re
fer you for the necessary arrangements, to
my friend, James Conner, Esq., who will hand
you this.
I am. your obedient servant,
E. Maurath.
t’tia Kt.Hsro.N, Sept. 27tli, 185(1.
Sir: 1 have received by the hands of Mr.
Conner, your note of the 20th inst. 1 repel
your assertion, that 1 have made “repeated
threateniugs” to publish and circulate “in
sulting and lihelliotm attacks upon” your
“brother, Judge Magrath,” and deny that the
Mevoury has ••endorsed” ihe publications
made. It has, on the contrary, simultaneous
ly with the publication of these articles,
proffered its columns for reply.
Before I take notice of tlie simply personal
aspects of your note to myself, 1 hnve a word
to say, touching its bearings to me. as Ihe
conductor of a public press, its relation to
Judge Magriiih, and the party who lias given
the cause of offence, for which you seek re
venge. You are an intruder, and you intrude
to commit an outrage upon the liberty of the
Press. Either through malice, or from calcu
lation, you turn aside from the avowed re
sponsible author of the disquisition upon the
merits of your brother, as a candidate, to the
conductors of a public journal, who would
give a chance to truth, and to the discussion
of qualifications and character of candidates
for the highest public trusts. You assume to
represent the honor and manhood of your
brother an avowed candidate for the highest
office iu our gift, and by y our interference, to
reduce his honor and manhood to a vicarious
existence. Ido not admit, that, when a can
didate by his own consent, he can avoid the
proper, necessary responsibilities ot his posi
tion as a candidate. If a Judge, lie is no less
a candidate. He cannot legitimately put his
character in commission, and maintain his
honor by proxy. If ho can resign his sent to
go into Congress, he can resign it, (if necessa
ry,) to vindicate his honor. He has no right
to be a candidate, if he is lo cease to be a
man. The shelter of !iis Judgeship is with
out the countenance of principle. It is a re
fuge without manhood ami without character.
But truth shall not he muzzled, though he he
a Judge, and the “ liberty of the press” shall
be maintained, even against the vicarious
champions of his manhood, and tlie intrusive
representatives of his honor. Thus much for
y our warrant to insult me, ami to represent
: your brother. But you have insulted ine. and
| you shall not do ho with impunity.
Protesting, therefore, against your right to
call upon me, either as man or editor, your
right to assume your brother’s proper respon
sibility, your attempt to stifle by the pistol
j the freedom of discussion, I nevertheless waive
all this, and consent to meet y ou. My friend.
Mr. Burnet, will make the necessary orrange-
I ments.
Your obedient servant,
W. K. T v nun. Jr.
E. M.\<:batii. Esq.
In pursuance of the above correspondence,
j and by the arrangement of the respective
friends named in it, the parties met near
(lie city on Monday, the 29th inst., at half
past 4 o’clock, p. m. On the field, Mr. James
Conner acted for Air. Magratli. and Col. John
Cunningham for Mr. Taber. After an ex
change of shots between the principals with
out effect, and their acting friends being una
ble to agree upon terms of adjustment, forth
with a second exchange of shots look place,
without effect. An earnest conference be
tween the seconds then ensued, looking to an
adjustment. They being unable to agree.
Dr. Bellinger asked leave to intervene as a
disinterested gentleman. His suggestions
wove at once respectfully received. After
much discussion and negotiation, iu which
disagreement still prevailed, Col. Cunning
ham offered in writing the following settle
incut;
••The following are terms of adjustment
between Mr. E. Magratli and VV. R. Taber,
Jr., after an exchange of two shots:
*• Mr. Taber disclaims, as an Editor of the
Mercury, that in publishing the articles sign
ed *A Nulllfier,’ lie any attack
upon tlie private character of Judge A. G,
Magrath.”
“ Mr. Edward Magratli disclaims that in his
note of challenge to Mr. Taber, he designed
to use offensive and derogatory language to
him.”
Mr. Conner assented to the adoption if the
following would be admitted in addition:
“That Mr. Taber regrets the publication in
the Mercury of whatever iu those articles is
personal.’’ Also, “Mr. Magratli regrets any
thing iu the cartel that is offensive.”
Col. Cunningham declined the additional
requisition upon Mr. Taber; whereupon a
third exchange of shot* ensued. Mr. Taber
fall, mortally wounded in t lie upper part ot
the bend. -V. W. 11l knot,
.1 \MKrt t ‘oN N Kit,
JiiJIN CrXMMiIIAM.
Mr. Magrath addressed ft similar ooiiiinuni
cniioi! to Mr. Heart, who returned tho follow
ing reply :
I'iiaiilkxtc.v, Sept. 27. 185(1.
,v, ; l acknowledge the receipt of your note
of the 26th inst., by the hands of Mr. Con
ner. Accompanying this, you will receive a
note from Mr. Taber, to which 1 refer you as
toy answer.
Your obedient servant,
John Hkabt.
Mr. Heart, accompanied by his friend, at
the time agreed upon, appeared upon the
.ground, and after the fall of Mr. Taber, Mr.
S, Champliu, the acting second Os Mr. Heart,
notified Mr. Conner of his presence, and his
readiness to answer the demand of E. Ma
grnth. Esq., for xatistactiun; whereupon Mr.
Conner replied that they had no further de
mand to make. Mr. Conner then, in compa
ny with his principal, retired from the field.
Jambs Connk,
tin the part of E. Magratli.
.Samvel Champi.in.
Oil the part of Mr. Heart.
To the Public.
The following card —of Dr. Furman—ap
peared in the daily papers of our city, on the
2d inst.:
to tub rruLte. ‘
On Saturday, the 27ih of September, Mr.
Edmund Rhctt, Jr., while residing on Stilli
van's Island, was informed that a challenge
had been sent by Edward Magratli, Esq., to
Messrs. Heart & Taber, of the Charleston
Mercury, based upon the publication in that
paper of certain communications signed “A
Nullifier,” and addressed to Hon. A. G. Ma
grath :
Mr. illicit immediately addressed the fol
lowing note to the lion. A. U. Magrath:
Charleston, Sept. 27,1850.
Sir: It has just coiue to my knowledge that,
your brother, E. Magrath, Esq., has sent a
challenge to the Editors of the Mercury, on
account of the publication in that paper of the
article signed “ A Nullifier.” With a view of
preventing a collision between our mutual
friends, l hereby avow myself the author of
those articles. I trust, sir, that you will see
the propriety of relieving others from tlie
probable and painful consequences of vindi
eatingyour honor by vindicating it yourself.
My friend, Dr. Furman, will make the ne
cessary arrangements.
Your obedient servant,
EDM CM) 11METT, Jr.
To the Hon. A. G. Magnitli, Charleston.
This note was entrusted to me for delivery.
When 1 reached Charleston l found that Mr.
A. G. Magrath was in Aiken. 1 took the
morning train on Sunday, the 28th. and reach
ed Aiken at half-past one o'clock. About half
past two o’clock I saw Mr. Magrath, and de
livered the note in person. Mr. Magrath said
he would reply to it. I mid him that 1 felt it
my duty to suggest, w hat would probably oc
cur to himself—that, for the object of the
note, time was very important, lie replied:
“ I understand you. sir.” I then informed
him that] would be at the Hotel until eleven
o'clock at night, at which hour I intended to
leave for the city. Mr, Magrath then said
he would reply in Charleston. At the hour
designated I left Aiken and reached Charles
ton on Monday morning, tlie2!tth. No eout
muniefttion was received by me. or, as far as
my knowledge goes, by any of the parties in
terested, from that time until the afternoon
of Tuesday the 30th, when the following letter
was received:
Chaui.k.nton. Sept. :10, 186(1.
Sir: Your note of the 27th inst., was hand
ed to me, on Sunday, in Aiken, by Mr. Fur
man, to whom 1 stated. I would return an an
swer in Charleston.
Your communication gave me the first inti
mation that any difficulty had grown our of
the publication of certain articles of which
you have avowed yourself the author.
I took the most effectual means, eiioum
siiuioedas 1 was, to put a stoptolhe proceed
ings of which you notified me.
1 had hoped that these menus would have
proved successful : that they were not. was
entirely beyond my control. 1 came to the
city the day after the receipt of your note in
Aiken: I then for the first time learned that
definite arrangements had been made for a
duel between Mr. Taber and my brother, the
time for their meeting having been fixed at
an hour prior to the arrival of tho cars.
Your declaration of being the author ot the
articles which have appeared in the Mercury,
addressed to myself, is of no interest or con
sequence to me. Should I deem it requisite
to take any step for meeting the unprovoked
charges and aspersions. I shall follow the dic
tates of my own sense of duty and propriety,
aided therein by the counsel of friends, and
not regarding the suggestions of my assail
ant. To the public, as well as myself, it is
due that this correspondence should be known.
Your obedient servant,
A. <l. MAGRATH.
Mr. Edmund Khett, Jr.
The above statement I have felt it my duty
to make. 1. K. FURMAN.
Substantially, the statements of Judge Mn-
I grath and Dr. Furman agree. When Dr. Fur
man delivered Mr. Rhett’s message to him, in
1 Aiken, one of Judge Magratli’* family was
critically ill ; nor could lie leave her. To nr
i rest the duel between Mr. Tuber and his bro
ther, lie dispatched to the lily the following
i letter :
Sunday Nihmt.
Dear William: l)r. Furman to-day handed
me a challenge, from Mr. Edmund lthett, Jr.,
which contains the information that Edward
lias challenged Taber.
1 have written to Carroll to stop it—or stay
it—until I get down. On no account let it pro
ceed.
1 will he down in the ears to-morrow.
Do send the inclosed note lo Carroll. as soon
ns you get it.
Youve, A. O. M.
The above letter was directed to “Mr. Win,
J. Magrath, Charleston, .South Carolina,” witli
the superscription, “ I’lcase deliver this with
out delay.”
Enclosed iu the above note. was the follow
ing, directed to “Pi. 11. Carroll, Esq.,” with
the superscription •• in haste.”
Aiken, Sunday.
Dear Carroll —l have just received, through
the hands of Dr. Furman, a note from Mr.
Edmund Rlieti, Jr., informing me that lie is
the author of iui article in tlie Mercury—that
Edward lias challenged Taller—invites me to
meet him, with the usual ceremonies of a
challenge.
1 am grateful to Edward—but sorry that he
challenged. Let that matter he stopped or
stayed until 1 reach home.
1 shall come down in the ears of Monday :
so that I will reach the city at 5 o'clock, r. v.
My wife I will have to bring with me, for I
cann< f 1 .re her here. Send word to uiy
booth, u Lave a lire in any chamber that is
carpeted. Verily, these gentlemen seem dis
posed to hunt me to the death.
Yours, ever. A. G. MAGRATH.
Mr. TN’m. J. Magrath delivered ine the above
notes on Monday morning. In conformance
with the instructions contained in the above
letter, I did all. consistent with the honor of
the parties concerned, to arrest the duel. 1
made known Judge Magrath s wishes to seve
ral of the friends of the gentlemen engaged in
the duel, and discovered that the time, place
and circumstances of the same were already
known throughout the city. Magistrates
knew them, conservators ot the peace knew
them, and pious men, and even clergymen,
were as well acquainted with nil the facts as
the parties interested.
Accompanied by a lew friends, l attended
at the rail road to moot Judge Magrath on his
arrival inthc afternoon. His brother Edward
and Mr. Taber had met before he reached the
city: and, not long after taking Judge Ma
grath to my house, we learned the fatal issue
of the duel.
In justice lo all the parties concerned, I
have felt myself called upon to publish this
card. ‘ li. R. CAR ROLL.
Gov. Geary in Kansas.
Gov. Geary, on a visit to Topeka, the Free
State stronghold of Kansas, was besieged by
the Abolitionists, who insisted that Robinson
was still Governor, and that slavery was the
cause of all the evils that had befallen the
territory. To this lie replied :
“Gentlemen, i come not to treat with but to
govern you. There is now in this Territory no
other “Governor than John W. Geary. I will
protect the lives and property of every peace
loving and law-abiding citizen, witli all tlie
power committed to me. 1 will punish every
law-breaker. L will not for a moment tolerate
any questioning of my authority. Every
person in favor of restoring peace to ibis dis
tracted Territory, can range themselves under
my banner; all others 1 will treat as bandits
and robbers, and 1 will extirpate all such at
the point of the bayonet. Don't talk tome
about slavery or freedom—free State men or
pro-slavery men—until we have restored the
benign influence of peace to this beautiful
country —until we have punished the murder
er and driven out the bandit and rabble, and
returned the industrious citizens to their
homes and claims. Don’t, 1 pray you, embar
rass me with these political questions. You
shall all, without distinction of party, be pro
tected. This is not a time to talk about par
ty, when men, women and children are daily
murdered and driven from their homes, hi
God’s name rise for a moment above party,
and contemplate yourselves as men and patri
ots. lam your friend, your fellow citizen,
moved by no other impulse than tire good of
the bona fide inhabitants of this Territory and
the protection of their lives and property.
When peace shall be restored, I will see that
every man of you is protected in his political
rights.”
A correspondent of the Haiti more Sun. wri
ting on the 19th ult., says:
What ft change a week’s energetic, impartial
administration of affairs lias produced here !
i Instead of the reign of terror, with every man
i thirsting for the blood of his enemy, confi
dence is being restored, squatters are return
ing to their claims, find hope is again dawning
| upon this country.
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| Georgia Stoves.
Yesterday, we enjoyed the sincere pleasure
: of looking at some Georgia made Cooking
Stoves, made of Georgia anil Alabama pig iron,
| and manufactured by L. Hopkins & Cos. at the
i “Augusta Works,” which are not surpassed by
j the same article manufactured at the North,
Iby the best makers. They were in every res
pect, (so far as we could determine) certainly
in beauty, smoothness and fineness of finish,
| equal to the best Nothern Manufactured Stoves
with which we compared them on the spot.—
We confess it was to us a source of high gra
tification, as we doubt not it will lie to all who
will examine them. They may he <een at the
store of IV. 11. Maharrcy & Cos. Call and see
what Georgians can do. even in this, to them,
anew line of business. —Auguxla Sentirttl.
Republican Ticket in Virginia.
The Wellsburg (Va.) Herald publishes the
following Electoral ticket, adoped by the lie
publican Convention at Wheeling, Va., a few
days since:
Senatorial Electors.—J. C. Underwood, of
Clarke county; Thomas J. Hewitt, of Han
cock county.
District Electors.—lst, Joseph Applegate;
2d, Joseph Ludwig: 3d, John Atkison; 4th,
George Whitten; sth, 1). 11. Fravil; Gtli, L.
li. Browne; 7th, C. 1). Gillingham: Bth,
George Dye; 9th, Dr. Levi Pitman; 10th,
Diehard Brcniiuan; 11th, 0. W. Roberts; 12th.
Joseph Barr; 13th, Asa Banning.
The Convention adopted resolutions antag
onistic to both the Democratic and American
parties, on account of their position on (lie
i slavery question. A letter was received from
; Hon. Cassius M. Clay, promising soon to
j make Republican speeoehos in the Pan-Hnn
! die of Virginia.
Great Pedestrian Feat.
Paddy Hoofs, the celebrated pedestrian, but
better known at Lords', and the various com
mons iti t lie neighborhood of Condon, as the
“’Ammersniitli Antelope,” is still carrying
on his herculean feat of walking round a lady
in full dress 100 times in 100 consecutive days.
He is now in bis second week, and looks as
’ fresh as when he first started. There are
1 hots to a considerable amount that Paddy
will never be able to complete his arduous
undertaking. What makes it all the more
difficult is the fact thut a fresh lady is sub-
I slitiited every day. It lias been observed that
; the dresses of these various ladies, instead id’
decreasing, are actually getting bigger and
bigger almost every week. What the size,
| therefore, will be before the 90th, much less
100th, day is completed, the most elastic
| imagination snap*, like an over-stretchcd
piece of iudia rubber, in its vain efforts to
comprehend, ft is also feared that there will
be no open space large enough in the
vicinity ot the metropolis to admit of the ex
periment, as soon as it Ims expanded to its
fullest dimensions, being fairly tried. In
the meant itfie. however, Paddy displays un
common pluck. Ilis unfailing good humor
and cheerfulness under his trying labors,
such as would exhaust the oldest ami worst
paid postman of St. Mavtin’*-lo Grand, wins
smiles of approval even from liis fairest ram
pants. Wc wish the brave fellow every suc
cess, and shall from week to week make a
point, or several points rather, of recording
the onward march of his iron-tipped bluchers
and undaunted perseverance.— turn'it.
“One day last week, says the Dover (Dela
ware) Gazette, a party of geutlcmcn left Cam
den lo hunt up Know Nothings. They went
as far as the Miiryltmd lino, a distance of
twelve miles, stopping at every farm house
on either side of the road, and found but one
Know Nothing on the whole route, and lie in
tends to vote the Democratic State ticket.—
Cun any other section of tlie State produce
twelve miles of Democrats?”
TKLEGEAPfI |,
From Cliurifxton.
Ghaiu.eston, Uci ,
The sales of cotton on Saturday v<.
nine hundred boles, at an advance , l( ‘’
eighth to'a quarter on Friday’s rates
From New Orleans.
\kw Orleans, (| t , (j
Sales to-day eight thousand bales ...
and lings Ilf-to 12Jc.
Flour $9.87 ; Horn —white 70c.; Lard);
Exchange—Sterling 8J discount.
From Savannah.
Savannah. Ooi. fi
There was a fair demand for cotton tn |
j Strict Middling 121 c. Poor cotton is
I neglected.
Abduction of Slaves.
Quite a commotion took place in our
; village on Sunday morning last, hasp ‘■
! tlie present month, a negro man ami ‘q. ’ ‘ !
were stolen from the plantation of J \ \!
Hatton, of East Baton Rouge. T v v
i taken up the river by a young
Wise. .Vs the owner of the negro ■ • !
Kentucky, a telegraph dispatch was
giving information that the negroes
for the West. He overhauled .j,
possession of Wise, at Cairo. Wise ;uV
negroes were brought hack on Saturday I
and committed to jail at Baton Rouge.
niation was obtained from tlie negroes tbv
woman named Mason, who had been lhi,
about there for some time, was implicated';
the abduction of the slaves. An officer r
sent, from Baton Rouge to arrest her. h■,
pears that the negroes had stolen front tli?',
owners a large amount of silver ware, who,
the woman acknowledged to be in her
sion. The articles were found in a house
Jackson, that bad been rented to Mrs. Jlasj
and her husband. Both Mason and Ids wife
were sent to Baton Rouge to answer tl, t
charge of receiving stolen goods, and nidi,,,
and abetting the escape of negroes.
We have been informed tiiat the man ath
the woman have been living in our town dm
itig the last two or three months. The woman
has been engaged in telling fortunes. We m
informed that she lias been quite liberally
patronized in this line of business by quite’i
number of ignorant and superstitious whit?
persons, and any number of negroes. It aj,.
pears that, her house has been a perfect <l(.
for the Lit ter.
The man, when arrested, had in his po&w.
sion a number of blank certificates, witli th,
signatures of Governor Walker, and Chari*,.
Gayavre, Secretary of State. Those papa
must have been purloined from tin* Govern
op's office.
We understand that this man and wom
had rooms rented in this place. Jackson. IV
Hudson. Fount Coupee and Baton Rouge, aim
very probably in many other places. It is
hoped tiiat if any more fortune-telling women
1 visit our vicinity, tiiat our citizens will immr
; diately call apon them and request themt*.
| remove. There is no telling what rascality e
carried on iu such dens of iniquity. There
I are a great many scoundrels prowling about
I the country, and it behooves every good citi
! ze.ii to lend a helping hand to ferret there out
; and bring them to punishment.— Jiiii/nu A
\ Chronicle.
GENERAL ITEMS.
1
baker lias invented anew kind of yeast
a pound of which only weighs an onnee.
From the Columbia (Texas) Democrat, it
! appears that the sugar crop in that vicinity i
’ had bey oud all precedent, though the cotton
| crop is hotter than it was last year.
The ship Canvas Back has arrived a’
Baltimore, with the largest cargo of CoffM
ever received at that port from Rio Janeiro,
numbering 1*2.000 bags.
The Richmond Whig is gratified to lean
that the effort to light up the Richmund fol
lege with gas made of pine wood lias been m
j lively successful.
j Edward Morton, the actorat St. Louis, who
recently attempted to kill l)e Bar. the mana
ger of the St. Louis theatre, died on Monday
week, from congestion of the brain, superin
duced by opium eating.
An Alton (Illinois) paper states that “ti
pew owner in Rev. Mr. Haley's Church, in
; that city, offers to liet his pew, eligibly site
i ated, and valued at SIOO. against a pew in the
Rev. Mr. Norton’s Church, on the result ut
the election in November!”
The Southern Bank, located at Bainbridge.
has commenced operations, ,SOO,OOO in gold, the
sum required by the charter, having been paid
in. N. L. Cloud, Esq., is President, and IV II
Gee Cashier. The Bank advertises to do ft lo
on l business. We trust it will be aide to secure
and retain the confidence of the people ut
Southwestern Georgia.
j The New Orleans Delta advocates the ex
I emptioTi—with certain qualifications and con
i ditlons—of slaves from sale for debt, making
I them a spiecics of homestead property 1*
learns that a proposition to this effect will be
j introduced'at the next session of the Mi w|i,: *
sippi Legislature.
At the Bay State Mills, in Lawrence, Mass..
; there are annually manufactured fou’ hun
dred thousand shawls, valued ut it) <w** s wt
] #1,300,000. The mills consume so ytltc’-
j sand pounds of wool in a day, or up rdt
i twelve millions per year, requiring it*
the fleeces of at least 111 rec millions • r
The editor of the Georgia Citizen .
; at-thc Fillmore and Donelson barbecue at
; lants, on the 2d inst., “ five of the tables tu-if
reserved for the use of the ladies, and we 1
reckon a prettier sight never greeted the ey ■■
of man tliau here presented—a whole acre ■
1 ladies up to their elbows in bread and meat
The National Intelligencer has under ■■
marriage notices on Tuesday morning l| i' -
marriuge on the 27th inst., of Dr. W. V
liams to Miss Susanna J. Williams, ot b)* 11
ingtnti, and among the obituary notices of tin
saute day the death of Mrs. Susanna J. ‘
liams. on the 12Ut.li inst., wife of Dr, “•
Williams. From the bridal to the bier in
short days.
Among the passengers in the Baltic. J"’
arrived in,New Vork, is Miss D. L. Dix. 1
iudefaligable philanthropist, whose labors 1
the cause of tin- insane are so well ‘■ n,-'*
wherever an interest is felt in the welfat’
this unfortunate class. During her **b s, '“‘
from the United Btales she has traveler
tensively through Great Britain, and in min
ly every country of Europe,
condition ol'the insane.
The Bank of Chester, S. C.. has declai 0 11
dividend of #1.23 per share on their stoc
the last six mouths, being at tin* rate <>t 1
percent, per annum. *>it last sales day.
the Chester Standard. 2f> shares ot this s'-
was sold at public outcry in this town 1
brought ,®2V per share of $23.